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Lateral with Tom Scott

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The History of Stationary Shops

Houses were built to deter pirates. The houses also had no chimney, so that their location wasn't given away by smoke trails. Why are places where you can buy books, pens and paper called stationary shops? I don't actually know the linguistic history behind that term.

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